Safety-hook.



No. 7| 2,085. rammed Oct. 28', I902.

A. m. J. NOVELLA.

SAFETY- HOOK.

(Application filed May 24, 1901.)

(No Model.)-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDRE MARIE JOSEPH NOVELLA, OF GRENOBLE, FRANCE.

SAFETY-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,085, dated October28, 1902.

Application filed May 24, 1901.

To all whom it m/zty concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDRE MARIE JOSEPH NOVELLA, a citizen of theFrench Republic, residing at Grenoble, Isere,'France, have invented acertain new and useful Improved Safety-Hook, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improved safetyhook adapted for tethering orcoupling animals and for other purposes, the object being to provide asimple device which can expeditiously be engaged with the part desired.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in WlllCl1Figurel is a side View of the hook, the ring being in section. Fig. 2 isa front view. Fig. 3 shows the position adopted by the parts in theoperation of attaching a tether couplingstrap, bridle, or the like tothe hook. Fig. 4 represents the hook with the strap attached thereto.Fig. 5 shows the movable tongue and ring of the hook before being bentinto position around the supporting-staple or the like. V r

The improved device consists of a hook or curved tongue a, which ismovable and is suspended by an eye a from a staple b, which may beembedded in a wall or fastened to any suitable support. The eye a ispreferably formed as shown in Fig. 5 and bent to shape around thestaple. The tongue a is provided with a hole a below the eye ct, inwhich hole is loosely suspended a ring 0 of less diameter than thedistance between the hole and the free end 01. of. the tongue, so thatin the nor mal position of the parts the ring rests against the underside of the tongue to at a point a and the tongue or hook cannot at anytime pass through said ring.

The manner of using the safety-hook for securing a bridle, for example,is as follows: The movable hook is first raised vertically, as shown inFig. 3, and after lifting the ring 0 into a nearly horizontal positionthe loop Serial No. 61,772. (No model.)

formed by the bridle is passed through the ring from below upward andmoved in the direction 2, so as to pass over the end a of raise thehook, and passthe said part a; of the bridle under the book. The bridlebeing then released will naturally escape from the ring.

From these particulars the diiferent uses to which the improved device.can be applied will be readily apparent. It may, for example, be usedfor tethering animals'by the aid of cords, bridles, or chains and willafiord a con venieht and reliable means for supporting wires, cables,and the like, as well as serving as a coupling-hook for harness.

WVhat I claim is- The combination with the staple and the curved tonguepivotally suspended at its upper end therefrom, of the ring looselyconnected to the tongue below said upper end and of less diameter thanthe distance to its freejend, whereby the-curved portion of the tonguewill normally extend rearwardly through the ring and engage the lowerside thereof, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDRE MARIE JOSEPH NOVELLA.

Witnesses:

ALEXIS- GAVARD, VICTOR GOUILLARDAS.

The same course is followed when it is desired to fasten to the hook theend link of 'a. chain.

